Question of Immigration in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah and Chris Cleave's The Other Hand

• Thesis title in Czech: Otázka imigrace v díle Chimamandy Ngozi Adichie Americanah a Chris Cleava The Other Hand
• Thesis title in English: Question of Immigration in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah and Chris Cleave's The Other Hand
• Key words: imigrace, utečenci, jazyk, gender, rasismus, diskriminace, identita
• English key words: immigration, refugees, language, gender, racism, discrimination, identity
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2014/2015
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Supervisor: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor, waiting for guarantor's approval
• Date of registration: 30.10.2014
• Date of assignment: 30.10.2014
• Date and time of defence: 15.09.2016 10:00
• Date of electronic submission: 14.07.2016
• Date of proceeded defence: 15.09.2016
• Course: Diploma Thesis (OSZD005)
• Opponents: Bernadette Higgins, M.A.

Preliminary scope of work

Cílem této práce je prozkoumat imigraci z Nigérie do Spojených Států a Spojeného Království v
současné nigerijské a anglické literatuře porovnáním dvou novel, Americanah Chimamandy
Ngozi Adichie a The Other Hand Chrisa Cleava. Jsou poskytnuty popisy autentických zážitků
autorů a také jejich názor na naléhavé problémy spojené s imigrací, jako jsou důvody imigrace,
psychologické trauma s tím spojené.

Preliminary scope of work in English

The aim of this thesis is to explore immigration from Nigeria to the United States and United
Kingdom in contemporary Nigerian and English literature by comparing two novels,
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah and Chris Cleave’s The Other Hand. The authors’
authentic experience is described and their opinion on the pressing issues connected with
immigration, such as reasons for immigration and psychological trauma associated with it are
explored.